Chris Hall

MARCH 4, 2024

A review of the UK Stewardship Code 2020 should prompt evolution rather than revolution, according to industry experts, who want to see refinement aimed at further improving outcomes. But some have queried the extent of the code’s effectiveness so far.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 16, 2024

This is a significant hiring slowdown, perhaps indicating that stewardship and engagement is an area that managers are willing to cut as they face more challenging times financially,” the report mentioned.

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Chris Hall

MAY 8, 2024

While one asset manager reported 5,312 engagement actions over 12 months, five others recorded 200 or fewer over the same period. F irms like rezonanz , launched earlier this year, aim to provide improved voting and engagement analytics for asset owners to bolster their stewardship efforts and improve visibility of asset managers’ activities.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 1, 2022

These long-held principles of sustainability have filtered down to the world of investment. According to figures published by The Global Sustainable Investment Alliance in 2021, Japan’s total sustainably invested assets stood at US$42,874 billion in 2020, representing a more than fivefold increase from 2016.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Hardwiring sustainability into financial regulations is already on policymakers’ agenda. Research prepared by the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) shows that there are close to 900 policy tools or revisions that support responsible investors in 2022. By comparison, in 2019, there were fewer than 600; and in 2013, 300.

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Chris Hall

MAY 20, 2024

If you look at stewardship codes across the world, they touch on resources as being a key element, but without explicitly giving out guidance on how organisations can report and which resources are required,” Jessica Gao, Director of Research at the TAI, told ESG Investor. “The

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The concept of assessing what effective stewardship should look like was first introduced by the FCA in 2019 in a joint effort with the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), setting the groundwork which helped define what the minimum expectations should be for financial services firms investing on behalf of clients and beneficiaries.

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